Leeds preparing second Otavio transfer bid

Leeds United stay concerned about a deal to carry Otavio to Elland Street in the summertime switch window.

What’s the discuss?

That’s based on a report by Portuguese publication A Bola (by way of Sport Witness), who claimed that, regardless of seeing a bid of €30m (£26m) rejected by FC Porto, Victor Orta remains to be eager on securing the versatile midfielder’s signature this summer season, with the Whites’ sporting director now stated to be plotting an improved €40m (£35m) supply for the 27-year-old.

Nonetheless, the report added that even this quantity could also be rejected by the Portuguese champions, who’re stated to have knowledgeable Leeds of the participant’s €60m (£42m) launch clause.

It’s also claimed that the participant himself might not be in favour of giving up Champions League soccer with Porto in favour of a transfer to LS11.

Raphinha 2.0

Contemplating simply how spectacular Otavio was for Porto final season, it’s not obscure why Orta seems eager to seal a deal for the 27-year-old this summer season, particularly with Raphinha wanting set to depart Elland Street within the coming weeks.

Certainly, over his 32 Liga Portugal appearances in 2021/22, the £27m-rated expertise was in outstanding kind for Sergio Conceicao’s aspect. He scored three objectives, registered 13 assists and created 17 huge possibilities for his team-mates, together with making 2.3 key passes, taking 1.6 pictures and finishing 1.1 dribbles per sport.

The £32k-per-week playmaker who Alex Goncalves dubbed “phenomenal” additionally impressed in a defensive capability, making 3.2 tackles, 0.7 interceptions and 0.5 clearances and successful 7.4 duels (at successful price of 51%) per match.

These returns noticed Otavio – who can operate from left, central, proper and attacking midfield, and on both the left or proper wing – common a fairly astonishing SofaScore match score of 7.48. That ranked him not solely as Porto’s best performer within the league but additionally because the joint third-best participant (alongside Darwin Nunez) in your entire division.

As such, with Otavio fairly clearly being a participant who’s extraordinarily inventive, exceptionally versatile and extremely spectacular when working again, it’s simple to see why Orta views the 27-year-old as a substitute for Leeds’ in-demand Brazilian winger.

That leads us to consider that the Spaniard merely should do the whole lot in his energy to get a deal over the road for the previous Internacional starlet this summer season.

AND in different information: Orta might land the following £76.5m-rated expertise as Leeds plot bid for “elite” £26m goal